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Ed
Morgan		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 200
 
Born: May 22, 1904 in Usa, IL, CAIRO
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove 1933    1939   
All-Star Selections 1935   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1930 26 CHN NL $ 300,000   54 54 57 47 47 47 89 84 86 62 57 59 67 64 65
1931 27 CHN NL $ 2,435,714   6 6 6 5 5 5 9 9 9 7 6 6 7 7 7
1932 28 DET AL $ 3,085,714   6 6 7 5 5 5 9 8 9 7 6 6 7 7 7
1933 29 DET AL $ 3,000,000   6 6 6 5 5 5 9 8 9 7 6 6 7 7 7
1934 30 DET AL $ 3,000,000   6 6 6 5 5 5 9 9 9 7 6 6 7 7 7
1935 31 DET AL $ 3,000,000   5 5 6 5 5 5 9 9 9 6 6 6 7 7 7
1936 32 ATL NL $ 3,000,000   5 5 6 5 5 5 9 8 9 6 6 6 7 7 7
1937 33 SLC NL $ 3,000,000   5 5 5 5 5 5 9 8 9 6 5 5 6 6 6
1938 34 SLC NL $ 3,000,000   5 5 5 5 5 5 9 8 9 6 5 5 6 6 6
1939 35 SLC NL $ 3,000,000   5 5 5 5 5 5 9 8 8 5 5 5 6 5 5
1940 36 SLC NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 4 4 4 8 8 8 5 4 5 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   5 5 5 4 4 4 8 8 8 5 4 5 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 3,085,714   54 54 57 47 47 47 89 84 86 62 57 59 67 64 65
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1930 26 CHN NL 155 611 94 162 32 5 19 110 8 5 63 71 .265 .329 .427 .756 82.4 10.8
1931 27 CHN NL 141 508 80 153 39 9 14 92 1 2 68 38 .301 .381 .496 .877 90.5 21.4
1932 28 DET AL 132 496 59 150 28 5 8 95 5 2 56 59 .302 .371 .427 .798 72.6 12.7
1933 29 DET AL 143 551 95 168 32 11 12 89 5 2 75 66 .305 .388 .468 .856 94.5 18.1
1934 30 DET AL 113 377 57 81 11 4 6 53 4 2 48 53 .215 .305 .313 .618 35.8 1.4
1935 31 DET AL 149 517 96 151 34 8 17 104 4 4 51 64 .292 .353 .487 .841 84.4 14.8
1936 32 DET AL 59 185 17 39 12 1 3 22 1 0 12 29 .211 .261 .335 .596 14.4 0.3
  ATL NL 75 260 27 51 11 1 5 38 2 0 26 42 .196 .270 .304 .574 20.2 0.0
  TOT   134 445 44 90 23 2 8 60 3 0 38 71 .202 .266 .317 .583 34.6 0.3
1937 33 NYG NL 38 87 12 20 9 0 1 11 1 1 9 16 .230 .306 .368 .674 9.3 1.2
  SLC NL 79 249 38 61 15 2 8 30 1 1 25 43 .245 .315 .418 .733 30.5 3.9
  TOT   117 336 50 81 24 2 9 41 2 2 34 59 .241 .313 .405 .718 39.9 5.1
1938 34 SLC NL 150 504 63 115 24 7 10 62 3 2 56 95 .228 .306 .363 .669 56.0 6.5
1939 35 SLC NL 154 554 58 139 22 6 8 62 5 4 40 130 .251 .299 .356 .654 58.0 5.8
1940 36 SLC NL 89 162 18 29 8 0 4 24 1 3 15 40 .179 .253 .302 .555 10.3 0.0
11 Years Sim 1477 5061 714 1319 277 59 115 792 41 28 544 746 .261 .331 .407 .738 658.9 96.9
162 Game Average 555 78 144 30 6 12 86 4 3 59 81 .261 .331 .407 .738 72.3  
Career Highs 155 611 96 168 39 11 19 110 8 5 75 130 .305 .388 .496 .877 94.5  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   3326 468 842 178 40 78 548 21 13 330 485 .253 .319 .401 .720 428.4
vs LH   1735 246 477 99 19 37 244 20 15 214 261 .275 .354 .418 .772 256.1
Home 734 2434 353 658 136 31 50 380 16 12 262 368 .270 .340 .413 .753 340.3
Away 743 2627 361 661 141 28 65 412 25 16 282 378 .252 .323 .401 .724 344.3
RISP   1405 0 406 95 20 42 642 0 0 184 200 .289 .361 .475 .836 240.8
Pinch Hitting   133 16 24 6 0 1 15 0 1 16 26 .180 .270 .248 .518 8.9
Close/Late   581 59 130 18 5 8 64 0 0 70 65 .224 .307 .313 .620 59.7
Mar/Apr 237 832 127 232 44 10 21 153 7 3 92 126 .279 .348 .431 .779 124.8
May 267 881 106 221 52 8 21 116 6 3 77 141 .251 .310 .400 .710 108.9
June 236 801 107 192 37 13 12 100 8 6 90 116 .240 .317 .363 .680 94.1
July 238 815 115 219 42 13 20 142 8 5 77 91 .269 .332 .426 .758 113.4
August 257 888 124 217 50 8 24 139 5 8 108 154 .244 .325 .400 .725 117.0
Sep/Oct 242 844 135 238 52 7 17 142 7 3 100 118 .282 .355 .421 .776 126.3
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1930 26 CHN NL RF 141 139 1253.7 312 23 22 4 .938 2.40   2.4
    LF 12 12 106.7 21 1 4 0 .846 1.86    
1931 27 CHN NL 1B 58 57 515.0 715 64 8 62 .990 13.61   0.8
    RF 56 49 451.3 113 9 13 0 .904 2.43   0.7
    LF 20 20 185.0 36 2 2 0 .950 1.85    
1932 28 DET AL 1B 126 125 1101.7 1406 106 15 124 .990 12.35   1.6
    RF 2 1 11.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.82   0.0
1933 29 DET AL 1B 139 139 1230.7 1660 135 18 164 .990 13.13   2.1
    RF 1 0 4.0 2 1 0 1 1.000 6.75   0.0
1934 30 DET AL 1B 103 101 886.7 1152 89 16 134 .987 12.60   1.6
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1935 31 DET AL 1B 144 143 1194.0 1435 115 11 134 .993 11.68   2.4
1936 32 DET AL 1B 55 53 426.1 567 47 6 58 .990 12.97   0.7
  ATL NL 1B 70 68 620.9 826 69 8 84 .991 12.97   1.5
  TOT   1B 125 121 1047.0 1393 116 14 142 .991 12.97   2.2
1937 33 NYG NL 1B 34 32 219.2 304 17 2 32 .994 13.18   0.7
    RF 1 0 1.5 1 0 0 0 1.000 6.00   0.0
  SLC NL 1B 71 68 613.2 852 46 5 91 .994 13.18   1.3
    RF 2 0 4.2 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.14   0.0
  TOT   1B 105 100 832.4 1156 63 7 123 .994 13.18   1.9
      RF 3 0 5.7 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.16   0.0
1938 34 SLC NL 1B 137 118 1091.7 1523 120 14 159 .992 13.55   2.6
    RF 8 3 46.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.39   0.0
1939 35 SLC NL 1B 147 144 1257.0 1634 123 15 159 .992 12.58   2.7
    RF 1 0 8.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.38   0.0
1940 36 SLC NL 1B 34 30 262.7 361 19 5 44 .987 13.02   0.5
    RF 2 0 3.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
  1B 1118 1078 9418.7 12435 950 123 1245 .991 12.79   18.3
  RF 214 192 1782.7 438 33 35 5 .931 2.38   3.2
  LF 32 32 291.7 57 3 6 0 .909 1.85    
  SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
Career Totals   1365 1302 11494.1 12930 986 164 1250 .988 10.90   21.6
Career Highs   153 151 1360.3 1662 136 26 165 .994 13.11    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1931 27 CHN NL 5 19 2 4 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 .211 .238 .263 .501
1932 28 DET AL 12 55 14 18 4 0 1 12 1 0 4 10 .327 .367 .455 .821
1933 29 DET AL 6 21 2 6 1 1 0 4 0 2 6 3 .286 .444 .429 .873
1934 30 DET AL 15 34 4 9 0 0 0 4 0 0 2 3 .265 .297 .265 .562
Career Post-Season Batting 38 129 22 37 6 1 1 23 1 2 13 16 .287 .345 .372 .717
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Slugging Pct
1931-10-.496
1935-8-.487
 OPS
1931-10-.877
 Games
1930-8-155
1939-8-154
 Triples
1933-6-11
1935-10-8
1938-6-7
1939-10-6
 Homeruns
1930-6-19
1935-10-17
 RBIs
1930-9-110
1932-7-95
1935-7-104
Stolen Bases
1932-10-5
1934-9-4
 Caught Stealing
1935-7-4
 Walks
1933-7-75
 Strikeouts
1930-3-71
1933-10-66
1938-2-95
1939-1-130
    
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 38    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
 
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Fred Sington (943)
  2. Ray Sanders (929)
  3. Leon Durham (926)
  4. Carlos May (923)
  5. Dan Thomas (917)
  6. Dave Revering (916)
  7. Willie Upshaw (914)
  8. Donn Clendenon (912)
  9. Floyd Robinson (910)
  10. Wally Moon (907)
History
Had first career hit on 4/1/1930, off Garland Buckeye (SEP)
Hit first career homerun on 4/5/1930, off Chief Yellowhorse (MON)
1/31/1931: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,435,714 through salary arbitration
Drove in 6 runs against California on 9/4/1931
Won Player of the Week award on 9/7/1931, hitting .632 with 1 HR, 6 RBI
1/31/1932: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,085,714 through salary arbitration
Won Batter of the Month award on 5/1/1932, hitting .468 with 3 HR, 24 RBI
5/16/1932: Signed a contract extension with Detroit, $3,000,000 per year, for 7 years
Injured on 7/22/1932 with a Torn Abdominal Muscle, out for 3 weeks
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Seattle (M) on 9/6/1932
Injured on 7/19/1933 with a Pulled Thigh Muscle, out for one week
Drove in 6 runs against Cincinnati on 8/2/1933
Had 5 hits with 0 RBI against Cincinnati on 8/4/1933
Won Gold Glove at First Base in 1933
Was selected to the 1935 Allstar game
Traded from Detroit to Atlanta on 7/1/1936 (Going to ATL: P George Winn, 1B Ed Morgan, P Hal Wiltse, 2B Max Bishop, P Ed Brandt. Going to DET: 1B Lou Gehrig, 2B Jack Saltzgaver)
Traded from Boston (N) to New York (G) on 2/21/1937 (Going to NYG: 1B Ed Morgan. Going to BSN: P Paul Gregory)
4/2/1937: Signed a minor league contract extension with New York (G)
Traded from New York (G) to St. Louis (C) on 7/1/1937 (Going to SLC: 3B Johnny Burnett, 1B Ed Morgan. Going to NYG: 1B Dale Alexander, 2B Howdy Groskloss)
Won Gold Glove at First Base in 1939
 
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